Suspect In Shooting Arrested In Petersburg

Police arrested a suspect in a 2006 Newport News shooting Monday after a segment on "America's Most Wanted" led to tips on his whereabouts.

Anthony Eason, 27, was arrested Monday afternoon in Petersburg and charged with two counts of malicious wounding as well as various weapons charges. The charges stem from the Nov. 10, 2006 shooting of two men near Fort Eustis.

According to the 2006 police report, Eason and another man were arguing with a 24-year-old soldier from Fort Eustis and a 22-year-old man from Virginia Beach, both of whom were shot several times. Both shooting victims survived, but one remains in a vegetative state.

The second suspect in the shooting, Julian Mitchell, is currently in jail in Michigan awaiting trial on a homicide charge.

The syndicated TV show "America's Most Wanted" did a segment on Eason earlier this year, and local CBS affiliate WTKR-TV followed that with a "Taking Action" piece on the search for Eason.

Holly McPherson, a spokeswoman for the Newport News police, said an "America's Most Wanted" viewer recently provided information that led the department's Fugitive Apprehension Unit, along with U.S. Marshals, to arrest Eason in Petersburg.